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- 99 Mountaineer V6 4x4
Yeah, but we scatter when the lights come on...
Its crazy to think that I joined this forum in 2011 and I haven't posted in the thread that concerns my area!!
I should start with a little "about me" but I think I am horrible when talking about myself..
So, I started driving when I was 11, yup, the driveway stuff, getting to steer on the backroads and in parking lots from time to time.. This grew into snatchin the keys late at night just to drive around.. Crashed a car or two, ended up "borrowing" my Uncles truck, but his job considered it theft, so I "went to a place for bad kids" until I turned 18.. When I came home I was faced with a choice, low and fast, or lifted and slow.. Building lifted trucks didn't help much and I had a suspended license almost two years after passing the test..
Since I could no longer road trip, I started trail riding, trying to make it from one end of my county to the other without being "on the road" to require a "license" but still go visit friends and get out..
Here we are 16 years later, I have a license and my county wide trail is finally starting to grow back, but not for long!! I'll keep the license, but my kids have caught the offroading bug, and want to build trail rigs..
For the longest time we've built our Explorers simply for capability but to remain street legal, now that we own three, two STs and a 5.0 Expo we have some room to go from mild to wild..
I still have a month or so to fine tune and get her rollin, but anyone close to the 15022 (Charleroi) & 15063 (Monongahela) zip codes (Washington County, Pennsylvania) and are looking to wheel, maybe put together a monthly ECX meet, feel free to message.. Even if the Explorer we bring won't go too far off the trail, the friends and family fun times are more than worth the time
Quick rig specs:
(Dreamcatcher) '01 job1 ST, Dana 44 axles full spooled, 36" TSL Boggers, 4.0 sohc
https://scontent.***c1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/41637622_1115837511908292_1565461029012373504_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=20d3b9d3104ebb874f66cf34164b814f&oe=5C182E29
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(Olive) '02 ST, stock, 4.0 timing failure, pre 5.0 swap
https://scontent.***c1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/29744919_983637468461631_8978430557660232834_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=4f818c2ab9e9a595ee10e44e29af1f86&oe=5B7362B5
(Pimento) '98 Expo, stock, 5.0 donor
https://scontent.***c1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29595127_983639911794720_4856717711667805461_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=b617af10432df40c0ae656a1b7bdeefb&oe=5B374117
If you can't find us here on Explorerforum, you can find our garage on facebook at Log In or Sign Up to View and feel free to message me directly at https://www.facebook.com/middleo.nowhere.37, or search for Tifoez Lafpoar
Stay safe out there!!